Jes­samyn Hope is the author of the nov­el Safe­keep­ing— a rec­om­mend­ed read for sum­mer 2015 by The Boston Globe; acclaimed by The Globe and Mail, The Mon­tre­al Gazette, and Tablet Mag­a­zine; a New York Pub­lic Library Staff Pick; win­ner of the 2016 J.I. Segal Award in Eng­lish Fic­tion on a Jew­ish Theme; a final­ist for Hadas­sah’s 2016 Rib­alow Prize; and a final­ist for the 2016 Pater­son Fic­tion Prize.Her short fic­tion and mem­oirs have appeared in Ploughshares, Five Points, and oth­er lit­er­ary mag­a­zines. Recent acco­lades include two Push­cart Prize hon­or­able men­tions, in 2015 and 2016, and selec­tion for Best Cana­di­an Essays 2015. Born and raised in Mon­tre­al, she lived in Israel before mov­ing to New York City, where she received her MFA in cre­ative writ­ing from Sarah Lawrence College.